When a current skin is being put Visit on a drum, this whole pulling process is preceded by soaking a skin in damp until it is genuine pliable. That drizzling skin is placed on the drum with the ring fixed order while the rope verticals gently pull the rings down a bit. Then it's left to dried up completely before the dashing pulling and twisting described above happens.
The djembe plays a key role in modern folk that needs a highly percussive bounce section. It beat been used by such artists as Ben Harper, Paul Simon, Grateful Dead, Bedouin Soundclash, Incubus' Brandon Boyd, Gruvis Malt, Brian Rosenworcel of Guster, Dispatch and Micheal Cross, of bands such as Some State and The Swamp Monsters.